{"id":124502,"date":"2024-07-17T11:47:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T10:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/lg-autonomy-govs-are-emperors-may-not-obey-supreme-court-pastor-giwa"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:55:53","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T11:55:53","slug":"lg-autonomy-govs-are-emperors-may-not-obey-supreme-court-pastor-giwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/lg-autonomy-govs-are-emperors-may-not-obey-supreme-court-pastor-giwa","title":{"rendered":"LG autonomy: Govs are emperors, may not obey Supreme Court \u2013 Pastor Giwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The senior pastor of Awaiting The Second Coming Of Christ Ministry, Adewale Giwa, on Wednesday, said state governors may not obey the judgment of the Supreme Court granting financial autonomy to state governors.<\/p>\n

Pastor Giwa explained that governors have made themselves emperors over the affairs of local governments, hence may not toe the line of the judgment.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government should stop the payment of allocations directly to local government councils.<\/p>\n

The seven-member panel of the apex court held that state governors have continued to abuse their powers by retaining and using the funds meant for LGAs.<\/p>\n

Reacting, Giwa said governors have taken over the responsibility of council chairmen at the local government level.<\/p>\n

He told DAILY POST that, \u201cThe Supreme Court judgment on LG autonomy is a welcome development.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, I doubt if the state governors would toe the line. Over the years, the governors in Nigeria have mismanaged the funds of the LGs.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo make matters worse, the governors have turned themselves to emperors by unilaterally appointing caretaker committees instead of allowing the electorate to elect their representatives through statutory local government elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cGovernors now execute projects that ought to have been implemented by the council chairmen. Can you see the level of corruption by the state governors?<\/p>\n

\u201cYou hardly find meaningful projects in most of the local governments chaired by the appointees of the governors. With this judgment, I hope the affected governors will now put their houses in order and allow the elected Council Chairmen to perform their responsibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore the governors hijacked the power of the LG Chairmen, the nation\u2019s LGs were doing well in terms of developments.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is because they are closer to the people at the grassroots than the governors. People could easily visit their council areas to see their representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Giwa charged council chairmen to carry out positive projects, adding that the Federal Government should give local governments what was due to them.<\/p>\n

He added: \u201cNigerians have refused to direct their anger towards the governors in their respective states.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead, they focus more on the presidency, forgetting that charity begins from home. Nigerian governors should be held responsible also.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet me also advise politicians who want to be LG chairmen to use this opportunity to execute positive projects in their respective areas. Don\u2019t let your people down; do what is right to ensure you bring good governance to your people.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe federal government also needs to be sincere while giving the respective LGs what is due for them. Those who are in charge must not use this avenue to enrich their pockets.\u201d<\/p>\n

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